KennyS, Kyojin, Oskar: latest reshuffles in CS:GO
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Another fantastic year in the illustrious history of CS:GO was this one. The game's player base is still as strong as ever, keeping onto the top rank of Steam in terms of popularity and never letting go. The PGL Antwerp, BLAST Premier and IEM Rio Major were the second and third-most-watched events of all time regarding worldwide viewership. No one knows what will happen next, but Cyber-sport.io has drawn up a shortlist of exciting transfer decisions before the new season.
Eternal Fire called MAJ3R
Turkish cyber athlete Enzhin MAJ3R Kupeli finally returned to the Eternal Fire CS:GO roster. The announcement was published on the club's Twitter. MAJ3R replaced Özgür's woxic Eker, who was placed on the bench in early November. The player expressed a desire to leave the primary team, as he wants to continue his career in an international squad. Kuplii will take on the role of captain, and Omer imoRR Karatash will be relieved of his leadership duties.
Before moving to EF Kupeli, he played on the Valorant professional stage as part of Digital Athletics for over six months but did not qualify for any major tournament. He was expelled from the Turkish team after failing to qualify for IEM Rio Major 2022.
Oskar CS:GO left Titans
Czech professional CS:GO player Tomas Oskar Stastny has left the TITANS. The cybersportsman announced this on Twitter, noting that the organization had not fulfilled its contractual obligations. Oskar played for the TITANS from August to October 2022. On October 7, the club put up for transfer four players from the CS:GO roster, including an esportsman from the Czech Republic. As a member of TITANS, Stastny took part in several online tournaments and qualifications - the roster could have taken higher positions in any competition.
ForZe signed Krad
Former Entropiq member Vladislav Krad Kravchenko joined the forZe CS:GO roster. Insider Alexei OverDrive Biryukov announced this on social networks. The organization and the player did not comment on this information. In October, forZe put Alexander KENSI Gurkin and Evgeny Norwi Yermolin on the transfer list. After that, the CS: GO roster began to play in tournaments with stand-ins. Evgeny Aunkere Karjat and Amin sugaR Azimov represented the last team. Whether any of them will remain on the roster is unknown.
Since May 2021, Krad has performed under the Entropiq tag. With him, the team took 9th-11th place at PGL Major Stockholm 2021, reached the final of the V4 Future Sports Festival - Budapest 2021, and got into the top 4 at many smaller tournaments. At the same time, the roster did not pass the open qualifiers for RMR before IEM Rio Major 2022. On November 12, the club stopped cooperation with the roster.
Kyojin parted ways with Team Falcons
The esports club Falcons Esports has announced the departure of professional player Jason Kyojin Nguyen from the CS:GO roster. Representatives of the organization announced this on Twitter. Kyojin joined Team Falcons in February 2022. In July, Nguyen was moved to inactive. After that, Nathan NBK Schmitt and Kevin misutaaa Rabier joined the roster. The team took 9th-11th place with them at IEM Rio Major 2022: European RMR B and did not qualify for the major. From October, Kyojin represented the club as a stand-in until Kenny kennyS Shrub joined the team.
Kyojin has been performing on the professional stage since 2019. Previously, Nguyen played for Team Vitality, with whom he took first place at IEM Winter 2021 and BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2021. He still needs to disclose which roster he plans to continue his career. During his career, Kyojin earned more than $118,000.
KennyS returned to CS:GO
Former G2 Esports sniper Kenny kennyS Shrub will continue his career with Falcons Esports in CS: GO. Representatives of the eSports organization reported this on social networks. In Nathan NBK Schmitt's team, kennyS will play the sniper role. In this position, he replaced Brian Maka Kandu, inactive at the end of October 2022. The last month the team played with Jason Kyojin Nguyen - he was excluded from the starting lineup back in July, but the team again needed his help. With the signing of Shrub, Falcons completed the CS:GO roster. Since March 2021, kennyS has been inactive and has a contract with G2 Esports. He has represented the latter as a starter sniper since February 2017.
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